The Role of Advanced Materials in the Development of Smart-Textile-Based Solutions for Multisectoral Applications
摘要
Smart textilesSmart textiles can be classified as fabrics with technologies that enable these structures to sense and react to external conditions, thus allowing the wearer to experience increased functionality. Nowadays, these structures can already be found in the market, presenting multiple functionalities in different fields of application, and, according to a survey from Custom Market Insights ( https://www.custommarketinsights.com/report/novel-smart-textile-market/ ), this market is around 1.7 billion USD and it is expected to grow 18% until 2032, reaching a total of 7.4 billion USD. Furthermore, the traditional textile sector already presents a multisectoral application, since it encompasses various materials and structures that result in textile products with different functionalities. Therefore, the compatibilization of smart materials with the standard industrial processes applied by the textile industryTextile industry, combined with the application of new customized textile processes, as well as other advanced processes such as printed electronics and surface functionalization, exhibits an excellent opportunity for the development of textile-based products with disruptive functionalities. Thus, the present work will address how the combination of all these technological fields, namely advanced materialsAdvanced materials, textile expertiseExpertise, and smart systemsSmart systems, can support the development of new smart-textile solutions, contributing to the continuous growth of this market.